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Civil War Review

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 4hrs 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This man was appointed Commander of all

Union forces and later became President of the United States.

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Robert E Lee

c)

Ulysses S Grant

d)

Jefferson Davis

2.

This man commanded Confederate forces

and later surrendered at Appomattox Court House.

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Robert E Lee

c)

Ulysses S Grant

d)

Jefferson Davis

3.

This man was the 16th President of the

United States and tried desperately to keep our nation from falling apart.

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Robert E Lee

c)

Ulysses S Grant

d)

Jefferson Davis

4.

This man was the President of the

Confederate States of America.

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Robert E Lee

c)

Ulysses S Grant

d)

Jefferson Davis

5.

The North and South were very

different. People were loyal to

their part of the country. This

feeling is called ___.

a)

states' rights

b)

sectionalism

c)

economic differences

6.

What did the South feel was

essential to their economy?

a)

slavery

b)

sectionalism

c)

factories

7.

The South began to feel that the

federal government was taking

too much of their power. They

felt that they were losing ___.

a)

sectionalism

b)

states' rights

c)

cash crops

8.

The first state to secede from the

Union was ___.

a)

New York

b)

Tennessee

c)

South Carolina

9.

9. During the ___, General Ulysses

S. Grant surrounded the city and

cut off supply lines until the

Confederate soldiers surrendered.

a)

Battle of Gettysburg

b)

Battle of Antietam

c)

Siege of Vicksburg

10.

President Lincoln declared that all

slaves in the South were free

when he signed the ___.

a)

Gettysburg Address

b)

Emancipation Proclamation

c)

Surrender papers

11.

General Grant met General Lee

at the ___ to discuss the terms of

the Confederate surrender.

a)

Appomattox Court House

b)

Battle of Bull Run

c)

Battle of Gettysburg

12.

Confederate forces attacked

___ because the Union troops

that were inside refused to

evacuate.

a)

Antietam

b)

Vicksburg

c)

Fort Sumter

13.

President Lincoln was

assassinated by ___.

a)

John Wilkes Booth

b)

Ulysses S. Grant

c)

Jefferson Davis

14.

General Sherman’s Union troops

marched to Atlanta where they

fought fiercely with Confederate

troops. This time of fighting was

called ___.

a)

Sherman’s March to the Sea

b)

The Atlanta Campaign

c)

The Gettysburg Address

15.

Union and Confederate forces

clashed in this first land battle of

the Civil War. The Confederate

Army was victorious.

a)

Battle of Gettysburg

b)

Battle of Antietam

c)

First Battle of Bull Run

16.

This three-day battle in

Pennsylvania cost the lives of

thousands of men on both sides.

The Union was victorious.

a)

Battle of Gettysburg

b)

Battle of Bull Run

c)

Siege of Vicksburg

17.

Confederate General Robert E.

Lee decided to attack the Union.

The ___ was bloody and there

was no clear winning side.

a)

Battle of Antietam

b)

Battle of Gettysburg

c)

Siege of Vicksburg

18.

During ___, Union troops

destroyed a 300-mile long path

through Georgia. Their goal was

to frighten Georgia citizens into

leaving the Confederacy.

a)

the Siege of Vicksburg

b)

the Gettysburg Address

c)

Sherman’s March to the Sea

19.

President Lincoln issued the ___

at a ceremony to dedicate a

cemetery for fallen soldiers.

a)

Gettysburg Address

b)

Emancipation Proclamation

c)

Civil War Address

20.

One reason the Siege of

Vicksburg was successful is that

General Grant ___ almost

constantly.

a)

tried to help the city

b)

bombed the city

c)

tried to invade the city

21.

Which side planned to defend their lands against attacks from the Union?

a)

Union

b)

Confederacy

22.

Which side planned to surround the enemy and cut off all of their

imports and exports?

a)

Union

b)

Confederacy

23.

Slavery ended after the Civil War.

a)

True

b)

False

24.

After the Civil War, it was made clear that the states were

supreme over the federal government.

a)

True

b)

False

25.

Abraham Lincoln managed the reconstruction of the nation until

the end of his presidency.

a)

True

b)

False